Nova Scotia Archives
Mi'kmaw Teaching and Learning Resources
Letter from A. F. MacKenzie, Acting Assistan Deputy and Secretary, Department of Indian Affairs, Ottawa to Colin MacKenzie, KC, Barrister, Sydney, 18 July 1928
Encloses a true copy of the proclamtion of 1763 in relation to the Chief Syliboy prosecution.
Date: 1928
Retrieval no.: King vs. Sylliboy, 1928 Nova Scotia Archives RG 38 Inverness County Court volume 16
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